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I had the pleasure of being a guest on Professor Radhika Desai’s Geopolitical Economy podcast for a discussion earlier this week. The discussion was based on open-minded Read the f...
Don’t you think economics should serve people rather than power? If not, why do we study economics, teach economics and practice economics? There is something strange about the rel...
Most people think economics is about money. It isn’t. Economics is about how society organises itself to meet people’s needs and help everyone thrive. In Read the full article...
For years, headline economic indicators have suggested that the U.S. economy is performing well. GDP has continued to expand, unemployment…Continue reading on Medium »
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The law of diminishing marginal utility is one of the foundational principles of economics, but its significance extends far beyond the marketplace. The principle states that as a...
Most people think economics is about money. It isn't. Economics begins with something much more fundamental: resources. Every society has limited resources and must decide Read the...
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It would be an understatement to say that people across the world from all backgrounds and political persuasions are nervous about what artificial intelligence (AI) might mean for...
There is a silent question that walks through every city, every village, and every economy. It is a question that statistics alone cannot answer. Why do some families wake up every...
EXCLUSIVE: "If there were going to be something that shook the consumers, it would shake the economy," President Goolsbee tells Fortune.
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India’s economic transformation has produced remarkable growth, but it has not distributed opportunity equally. Alongside new industries, rising markets and expanding infrastructur...
In Magnifica Humanitas Pope Leo XIV warned against reducing people to "data and performance." All metrics, even those designed to measure happiness or flourishing, run that risk, a...
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Young people cannot afford homes. They cannot afford families. The economy is producing conditions that are neither pro-family nor pro-life. Frank Wright turns to Pope Leo XIII’s R...
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This is the second essay in a symposium that reconsiders neglected conservative thinkers. The essays were originally presented at the 2026 meeting of the Academy of Philosophy and...
What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing—a sense of well-being that goes beyond just happiness...
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In a recent post, I discussed what is in philosophy termed 'the hard problem'. I did so in the context of recent discussion on ADHD. Read the full article...
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